2GB filesize limit in tar or linux?

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Subject: 2GB filesize limit in tar or linux?
From: Steve Hsieh <steveh@eecs.umich.edu>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 1997 15:43:14 -0400 (EDT)
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Does anyone know if tar is limited to generating tar files that are 2GB or
smaller?  Or is this due to some other limitation of linux?  



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